Bangladesh Court docket Points Arrest Warrant Towards Hasina, Her Sister Rehana, British MP Rizwana In Graft Circumstances

A courtroom in Bangladesh on Sunday issued arrest warrants towards ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, British MP Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, and 50 others in reference to the alleged unlawful acquisition of land by abusing political energy.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Particular Decide Zakir Hossain handed the order after contemplating three separate cost sheets filed by the Anti-Corruption Fee (ACC), the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.

Decide Hossain fastened April 27 to evaluation stories on the execution of the arrest orders, the newspaper quoted ACC Assistant Director (Prosecution) Aminul Islam as saying.

Citing courtroom sources, Bengali newspaper Prothom Alo reported that the ACC lately submitted chargesheets to the courtroom towards 53 individuals in three separate instances on corruption fees in plot allocation.

As all 53 accused, together with Hasina, had been absconding, the courtroom issued arrest warrants towards them, the paper mentioned.

On April 10, the identical courtroom issued arrest warrants towards Hasina, her daughter Saima Wazed Putul, and 17 others in a separate corruption case associated to Rajuk plot allotments.

Putul has been serving because the South East Asian regional director for the World Well being Organisation (WHO) primarily based in New Delhi since November 1, 2023.

On January 13, ACC filed a case towards Rehana for allegedly buying a 10-katha plot within the Purbachal New City Challenge via abuse of authority. The case named 15 accused, together with Hasina and Rehana’s daughter British lawmaker Tulip Rizwana Siddiq. Rehana didn’t maintain any official place previously regime.

After the investigation, ACC submitted a chargesheet on March 10 towards 17 people, including two extra names.

In a second case, ACC filed fees towards Azmina Siddiq for related irregularities in buying a 10-katha plot in Purbachal. This case initially listed 16 accused, together with Tulip Siddiq and Sheikh Hasina. The ultimate chargesheet, submitted on March 10, named 18 individuals.

The ACC filed a 3rd case the identical day towards Rehana’s son, Radwan Mujib Siddiq, accused of acquiring a plot utilizing political affect. Tulip Siddiq and Sheikh Hasina had been among the many 16 named within the preliminary criticism. The ultimate chargesheet additionally included 18 accused.

Hasina can also be accused of quite a few fees like mass murders and crimes towards humanity, enforced disappearances, whereas these instances had been being filed with Bangladesh’s Worldwide Crimes Tribunal.

Hasina’s 16-year-long Awami League regime was toppled on August 5 final yr in a student-led violent mass rebellion. Since then, 77-year-old Hasina has been dwelling in India.